Category Archives: Healing

A Role that No Longer Works

Posted on September 20, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for August 14 Writing assignment by Mark Matousek: A role you’re playing in your life today that no longer suits you and why. My role as a trauma victim. That the wound of being left alone gets … Continue reading →

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Visionary, Committed, Generous

Posted on September 13, 2022 by jenny

This was written in July 2009, and posted in March 2010 I think of Elizabeth’s letter to me [10/25/05] where she talks about my commitment, my vision and my generosity. I remember when I first read it, I had a … Continue reading →

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The Holy Grail

Posted on September 6, 2022 by jenny

from the Center for Action and Contemplation’s Daily Meditation 9/5/22 They quote Carol Pearson: Awakening the Heroes Within. Many times in our lives, we find ourselves in the position of the Fisher King. Something is not right. We feel wounded, … Continue reading →

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A Midwife for the Divine

Posted on March 21, 2022 by jenny

I’ve been reading Cynthia Bourgeault’s book, The Wisdom Way of Knowing. I’ve read it before, there are underlinings, but this time through something made much more sense to me. Here are some quotes from Chapter VII: Seeing with the Eye … Continue reading →

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Rescuing the Traumatized Baby

Posted on November 26, 2021 by jenny

This was first posted in July 2010 (Written in June 2004) In a session of the “Wave Work” at Kripalu: there was a confusing struggle with my body’s tendency to cramp up (esp left hand) and kick, shake, jump. Finally … Continue reading →

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My Wounded Part Needs to be Held, not Healed

Posted on November 4, 2021 by jenny

This is from the Richard Rohr daily meditation for May 3, 2021. The writer is a Vietnam Vet. I suffer from a disturbed sleep pattern that has been a part of my life since a nighttime attack in Vietnam in … Continue reading →

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Relational Trauma

Posted on October 28, 2021 by jenny

From Matt Licata’s blog: The tragedy of relational trauma presents itself as a cellular fragmenting, more primordial than a mere cognitive dissonance, neurally-encoded and rooted in the soul. In addition to the chronic empathic failure and narcissistic injury which goes … Continue reading →

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Working with “Stuck Heart”

Posted on July 31, 2021 by jenny

from my journal for Friday, July 30 Woke at 5. Intense heat. Some fear, but mostly stuck heart. Feeling desperately discouraged, unable to tune in or figure out what is going on with my heart. Unable to get any compassion … Continue reading →

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Blow by Blow Description of Work with “Parts”

Posted on July 23, 2021 by jenny

This is an attempt to illustrate what my work with parts is like. I wrote in my journal exactly what was going on, when it was happening. Sunday, July 18 I think if I can’t do anything else, maybe I … Continue reading →

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My Indigenous Celtic Soul

Posted on July 13, 2021 by jenny

Something I’ve been discovering lately, after reading The Gatherings, is that I in fact have an indigenous soul, and an indigenous spirituality. I realized that the traditional folk dances are indigenous, they come from people who had lived for generations … Continue reading →

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